SMS König Super-Dreadnought Battleship (All-Centerline Layout!)
ALL-CENTERLINE PERFECTION - 1914 Superior Broadside! - 4 ships: SMS KÖNIG, SMS GROSSER KURFÜRST, SMS Markgraf, SMS Kronprinz. ALL-CENTERLINE TURRET LAYOUT! (Finally optimal arrangement!). 25,796 tons, 21 kts, 10× 30.5cm guns in 5× twin centerline turrets (2 superfiring forward + 1 amidships + 2 superfiring aft!). SUPERIOR BROADSIDE: ALL 10 GUNS can fire on broadside (vs Kaiser's 8!) + 4 guns forward (vs Kaiser's 2!). Abandoned inefficient wing turrets. Commissioned August-November 1914 (right as WWI started!). ALL 4 FOUGHT JUTLAND with HEAVY COMBAT: König hit 10 times, Großer Kurfürst hit 8 times, Markgraf hit 5 times - ALL SURVIVED! Excellent survivability! All scuttled Scapa Flow 1919, raised and scrapped 1930s. PEAK WWI GERMAN DESIGN! (before Bayern's 15" guns)
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 25796 t
- Displacement (full)
- 28600 t
- Length
- 575.5 ft
- Beam
- 96.8 ft
- Crew
- 1136
- Ships built
- 4
- Commissioned
- 1914
- Decommissioned
- 1919 (All scuttled at Scapa Flow!)
Performance
- Top speed
- 21 kn
- Range
- 8000 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "10× 30.5cm SK L/50 guns" (5× twin turrets - ALL CENTERLINE!)
- Secondary guns
- "14× 15cm SK L/45 guns" (casemates)
- Torpedoes
- 5× 50cm torpedo tubes
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 350mm (13.8 inches)
- Deck
- 60mm
- Fire control
- Improved optical rangefinders, centralized fire control
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 34.1
- Research cost
- 3,001
- Credit cost
- 23,870
Notable
- **ALL-CENTERLINE TURRET LAYOUT!** (Finally optimal!)
- **SUPERIOR BROADSIDE!** All 10 guns on broadside (vs Kaiser's 8!)
- **IMPROVED FORWARD FIRE!** 4 guns forward (vs Kaiser's 2!)
- 25,796 tons standard (+5% over Kaiser)
- 21 knots maximum speed (turbines)
- 4 ships built (König, Großer Kurfürst, Markgraf, Kronprinz)
- 10× 30.5cm guns in 5× twin centerline turrets (2+1+2 layout)
- Abandoned Kaiser's inefficient wing en echelon turrets
- Amidships centerline turret (instead of 2 wing turrets)
- Superior firing arcs in all directions
- Commissioned August-November 1914 (right as WWI started!)
- Laid down October 1911-March 1912
- König launched March 1, 1913
- All 4 fought at Battle of Jutland (May 31-June 1, 1916)
- König: Hit 10 times - HEAVY combat! (survived!)
- Großer Kurfürst: Hit 8 times - HEAVY damage! (survived!)
- Markgraf: Hit 5 times (survived)
- Kronprinz: Hit 1 time (survived)
- Excellent survivability despite heavy punishment at Jutland
- All 4 scuttled at Scapa Flow (June 21, 1919)
- All raised and scrapped 1930s (König raised 1936, Großer Kurfürst 1938)
- Peak WWI German super-dreadnought layout (before Bayern's 15" guns)
- Most balanced and effective pre-Bayern German battleship design!